Collapsible-handle can.



B. G. GANEPA -& G. OTTONE PU GIORGIO.-

GOLLAPSIBLE HANDLE CAN. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 23, 1907.

1' ,OO'7,4=29, Patented Oct. 31, 1911.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAFH Co.. WASHINGTON, n. c.

V UNITED STATES PriLTENT OFFICE.

ENRICO GIUSEPPE CANEPA, OF GENOA, AND GIUSEPPE OTTONE FU GIORGIO, OF QUINTO AL MARE, ITALY.

COLLAPSIBLE-HANDLE CAN.

Specification-of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 23, 1907.

Patented Oct. 31, 1911.

Serial No. 353,689.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ENRICO Grnsnrrn CANEPA, residing at Portici Vittorio Emanuele 4 Genoa, Italy, and GIUsnPPE OTTONE FU GIORGIO, residing in Quinto al Mare, Province of Genoa, Italy, both subjects of the King of Italy, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible-Handle Cans, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of metallic vessels or cans, the object of said improvements being to produce a convenient article at cheap price and arranged to be easily carried by minimizing the space occupied in packing. The above said results are obtained by forming the mouthpiece for pouring the liquid contained in the vessel in the shell or body of same, and further by providing a yielding handle which, in packing the vessel, can be brought in contact with the body of the can, thus avoiding any projecting part.

Figures 1 and 2 of the annexed drawings, show, by way of example, two perspective views of a. slightly pyramidal can provided with the improvements forming the object of this invention. Figs. 3 and 4; are horizontal cross sections of a conical shaped can.

It will be understood though, that the inven-' tion is not confined to these particular forms of cans, but that it is applicable also to otherwise shaped vessels.

As the figures clearly show, the mouth piece 1 for pouring the liquid content of the vessel is formed in the body 2 of same, which can be made of a single piece of sheet metal, no soldering being required for attaching the mouth piece 1. The latter begins near the bottom 3 of the vessel and rises gradually until at the mouth of the vessel it projects its full height, thus better facilitating the outflow of the liquid.

The body of the vessel is formed of a single sheet of metal having an approxi mately rectangular shape and which, when two opposite edges are soldered, or otherwise connected together, forms a portion of a cylinder open at both ends. The nozzle or mouth piece 1 is then formed in the cylinder which undergoes thus a change in its external appearance and assumes a conical shape, the small base being at the top of the vessel where the nozzle projects farthest. \Vhen the body of the vessel is obtained from a rectangular sheet the dimension of the nozzle at the bottom of the vessel accounts for the difference between the two bases of the vessel, which assume thus a conical shape.

The body of the can can remain conically shaped, that is it can preserve a circular cross section, decreasing from the base to the top, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, or, if required, the cross section can be changed to a polygonal one, and the can made slightly pyramidal, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The vessel is fitted with a handle 1, which in the embodiment shown in the drawing and relating to a roughly prismatical can, is attached on the face opposite that whereon is formed the mouth piece. But any other position can be selected according to the particular circumstances. The handle 4 is yieldingly attached at 5, near the bottom of the vessel, and at the other end 6 is bent at right angle and can slide on the cover 7 passing under a loop 8. Thus, in carrying the vessel packed, the handle t is maintained in contact with the body of the vessel and its arm 6 keeps the cover 7 closed as shown in Fig. 1.

Acan as above described, has the advantage that in carrying the same packed with the handle in contact with the body, the can does not require more room than the larger base at the bottom, if the projection of the mouth and of the handle has been conveniently regulated. When unpacked the handle springs back into the position shown in Fig. 2, so as to render easy the lifting of the can.

l/Ve claim 1. A can of the character specified, comprising a quadrangular body gradually decreasing in cross section from below up ward, a handle yieldingly attached at one end to the can, and a loop on the cover through which slides the other end of the handle.

QJA can of the character specified, comprising a. quadrangular body having a fiat bottom and gradually decreasing in cross section from below upward, a handle yieldingly attached at one end to the can, near its base, a loop on the cover through which the set our hands in the presence of two .wit-

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